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Campos,
a retired policeman, died from two gunshot wounds from a caliber 45 revolver
and another unknown firearm.

Nueva
Ecija Gov. Aurelio Umali yesterday offered a P1-million reward for the capture
of Campos’ killers and gave the Philippine National Police one month to solve
the killing.

The
site where Campos was killed is near the provincial jail in Barangay
Caalibangbangan. The jail is being administratively supervised by the
provincial government.

Nieves said Campos was driving his red
Honda motorcycle with license plate 8403-VK along the Maharlika Highway in
Mayapyap Sur at around 7:15 pm Monday when shot by an unidentified suspect who escaped.
Campos was rushed to the Premier
General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

In his speech marking the 113th
anniversary of the Nueva Ecija police here, Umali denounced the attack and said
the police should rise to the occasion and get to the bottom of the killing.

“On
many occasions, you have shown that you were worthy to accept the challenge. I
now challenge you to solve the murder of Campos,” he said, while announcing the
bounty.

He said he is willing to provide all
the necessary support to the PNP in helping solve the crime.

Nieves told reporters that he has
formed Task Force Campos to look into the killing. He said they will do
everything to solve the killing within the timeline imposed by the governor.

“We will do our best. Of course, we
cannot promise that we will have it solved in one month,” he said.

Nieves said they are looking at
several angles as possible motives for the murder of Campos, among them his
work as jail warden, personal among others. He said they have received reports
that the slain official implemented drastic reforms inside the jail,
particularly with regards to visitations.

He added that there have been reports
that Campos imposed a crackdown against illegal drugs inside the jailhouse.

“We have been looking into his
cellphones to see if we can extract information,” he said, adding they are also
looking into recordings in the closed circuit television (CCTV) which may be
used as evidence.

PO3 Erwin Gonzales,
investigator-on-case, said they will also look into Campos’ records as a
retired policeman to see if this could be connected to the killing. “As a
former policeman, there may be certain things that could be associated with his
killing,” Gonzales said.

He said that it’s still
unclear if Campos was attacked by a single assailant or by gunmen who are
riding-in-tandem because the area where he was shot was dark. “In fact, people
near the place where he was shot thought he just met an accident,” he said. (Manny Galvez)